SB 9.1.15 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.1.15

प्रेषितोऽध्वर्युणा होता व्यचरत् तत् समाहित: । गृहीते हविषि वाचा वषट्कारं गृणन्द्विज: ॥ १५ ॥

preṣito ’dhvaryuṇā hotā

[preshito ’dhvaryunaa hotaa]

vyacarat tat samāhitaḥ

[vyacharat tat samaahitah]

gṛhīte haviṣi vācā

[griheete havishi vaachaa]

vaṣaṭ-kāraṁ gṛṇan dvijaḥ

[vashat-kaaram grinan dvijah]

Word-for-word

preṣitaḥ — being told to execute the sacrifice adhvaryuṇā — by the ṛtvik priest hotā — the priest in charge of offering oblations vyacarat — executed tat — that (sacrifice) samāhitaḥ — with great attention gṛhīte haviṣi — upon taking the clarified butter for the first oblation vācā — by chanting the mantra vaṣaṭ-kāram — the mantra beginning with the word vaṣaṭ gṛṇan — reciting dvijaḥ — the brāhmaṇa..

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

preṣito ’dhvaryuṇā hotā

preṣitaḥ

being told to execute the sacrifice

adhvaryuṇā

by the ṛtvik priest

hotā

the priest in charge of offering oblations

vyacarat tat samāhitaḥ

vyacarat

executed

tat

that (sacrifice)

samāhitaḥ

with great attention

gṛhīte haviṣi vācā

gṛhīte haviṣi

upon taking the clarified butter for the first oblation

vācā

by chanting the mantra

vaṣaṭ-kāraṁ gṛṇan dvijaḥ

vaṣaṭ-kāram

the mantra beginning with the word vaṣaṭ

gṛṇan

reciting

dvijaḥ

the brāhmaṇa..

Told by the chief priest “Now offer oblations,” the person in charge of oblations took clarified butter to offer. He then remembered the request of Manu’s wife and performed the sacrifice while chanting the word “vaṣaṭ.”

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Ordered by the chief priest, the hotā remembered the request of Manu's wife with concentrated mind and performed the sacrifice while chanting the word "vaṣaṭ" when the oblations were taken up. When ordered by the advaryu, “Perform the sacrifice” the hota, when the oblations were taken up, remembered the request of the queen, and chanting vaṣaṭ, performed the sacrifice. Another version has adhyāyat tad: uttering vaṣaṭ he meditated on the queen’s request.

Personal Guidance

The priest, distracted by the queen's request, performs the mantra correctly outwardly but with shifted intention. Ritual without exact intention reshapes the outcome.

Reflection Questions

Where am I going through the motions of practice while my mind is bargaining for something else?
How can I bring my attention back to what the action was actually meant to accomplish?

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